Man gets 22 years to life in prison for stabbing girlfriend to death after she dumped him

Jonathan Pena-Castillo, 27, attacked 19-year-old Edith Rojas as she walked to her Inwood apartment from a laundromat with her 15-year-old brother around 3:45 p.m. on New Year's Eve in 2012.

A jealous ex-boyfriend convicted of fatally stabbing his former flame after she dumped him will spend 22 years to life in prison.

Jonathan Pena-Castillo, 27, attacked 19-year-old Edith Rojas as she walked to her Inwood apartment from a laundromat with her 15-year-old brother around 3:45 p.m. on New Year's Eve in 2012.

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Alarmed by the man who had been stalking her for months, she called 911 for help that didn't come fast enough.

Prosecutors said Pena-Castillo stabbed her nine times in front of her building on Thayer St.

Edith Rojas, 19, was killed by her jealous ex-boyfriend. (Mariela Lombard/for New York Daily News)

Pena-Castillo took off afterward, but police discovered him at a nearby park with self-inflicted stab wounds.

He was sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday and convicted of murder on March 27.

"This case serves as a painful reminder that domestic violence does not just happen in the home; it can happen just as easily in the middle of the street in broad daylight," said Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr.